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Backyard pumpkin sets new P.E.I. record

Shane Ross | CBC News | Posted: October 9, 2016 1:46 PM | Last Updated: October 9, 2016

Eddy Shaw breaks his own mark with 661-kilogram pumpkin

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Caption: Eddy and Lorie Shaw of Charlottetown each entered pumpkins in this year's contest. Eddy's set a new provincial record. (Laura Meader/CBC)

The pumpkin Eddy Shaw grew in the backyard of his Charlottetown home has set a new provincial record.
Shaw's pumpkin weighed in at 661 kilograms. That's more than the combined weight of seven average-sized men.

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Caption: Thirty pumpkins were in contention for the top prize at 23rd annual Giant Pumpkin Weigh-off at Veseys Seeds in York, P.E.I., on Saturday. (Laura Meader/CBC)

The pumpkin was among 30 entered in the 23rd annual Giant Pumpkin Weigh-off on Saturday at Veseys Seeds in York.
Shaw also set a record last year with a 603-kilogram beauty. He used the seeds from that pumpkin to grow three more in his backyard this summer.

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Caption: Finley Weeks, 2, points out a giant pumpkin to his mother Sophie Weeks. (Laura Meader/CBC)

"I just tried it one year and got stuck on it," Shaw said of his pumpkin-growing hobby.
Shaw took home $500 for his winning pumpkin.

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